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Off-road tractor speeds. Off-road working speeds have been increased from about 3 km/h (for horses) [2.1] to often between about 4 and 12 km/h for tractors; in the case of a very even surface for special operations (such as forage cutting) up to 15–20 km/h.

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Renius, K.T. (2020). Tractor Mechanics. In: Fundamentals of Tractor Design. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32804-7_2

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